The 2,307 homes that sold last month in the 13-county Indianapolis metro area surpassed the 1,735 sales in the same month last year, according to the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors.

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Sales of existing homes in October soared 33 percent, the largest gain of the year in the Indianapolis area.

The 2,307 homes that sold last month in the 13-county metro area easily topped the 1,735 sales in the same month last year, Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors said today.

"To have strong sales and price gains as we enter the last quarter of the year is encouraging," said Karl Berron, chief executive of Indiana Association of Realtors. "Buyers and sellers are clearly feeling more confident, as are our members." ...